12 Sep
2004
12 Sep
'04
11:37 p.m.
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, William Donzelli wrote:
I think its doable on single sided 12" square or so but I wouldn't know for
sure until I tried a small piece
We pay about $.33 per sq inch for 4 layers, maybe $.45 for six layers so I
doubt the PCB would be more than $50-70, especially if I let it hitchike
on one of our production mixed panels. Routing would be a pain, my guess is
that it would take 6 layers if autorouted but probably 4 like you say if
carefully placed and hand routed. BTW none of our current PCB vendors count
vias or holes anymore when quoting, only total area.
Peter Wallace
With both
sides in play, that seems likely, but a 12"x12" board is going
to be pricy (at least there won't be many through-holes, just vias; those
things add up).
Exactly. I think a six layer board would be needed, but maybe with some
extremely optimized routing, maybe a four layer. Either way, I doubt there
would be a whole bunch of unused real estate left (or money in your
pocket).
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org